The Institute for Learning Practitioners Australia put on a great Conference and Expo last Friday at the Gold Coast and I was honored to be asked to fill in for the opening Keynote on "Good Intentions are not Enough".

It was a fun fast and furious 90 minutes session and everyone wanted a copy of the different material used to help them with their training course and professional development.

In recent facilitations I’ve been doing with clients, I have again been able to reflect on the power of team collaboration, and how when we bring the right talent together and apply critical thinking principles to their task – the outcomes are significantly better than the usual approach of just ‘winging it’.

In fact, all neuroscientists are recommending that you learn new things in order to age-proof your brain.

There are 3 key things you can do :-

1. Give your brain strong mental tasks - like start your PhD. at 50, learn a new language at 60. It needs to be something challenging - not just sudoko - because our brains are lazy and want to get away with not working if they can.

On 25 May Jennifer was the keynote speaker at the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) Queensland Division breakfast to launch the 2011 Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Awards.